Andrea Levy





Andrea Levy

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in The United Kingdom
January 01, 1956

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Average rating: 3.74 · 13,018 ratings · 1,492 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
Small Island
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 8,516 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions
The Long Song
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 3,271 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions
Fruit of the Lemon
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 706 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
Every Light In The House Bu...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
Never Far From Nowhere
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
Un'isola di stranieri
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005
The Sunday Night Book Club
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3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2006
Underwords: The Hidden City
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1.8 of 5 stars 1.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005
Bookclub in a Box Discusses...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005
Critical Issues in Peace an...
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011
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African American Literature Discussion: Small Island
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“There are some words that once spoken will split the world in two. There would be the life before you breathed them and then the altered life after they'd been said. They take a long time to find, words like that. They make you hesitate. Choose with care. Hold on to them unspoken for as long as you can just so your world will stay intact.”
Andrea Levy, Small Island

“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live”
Andrea Levy, The Long Song

“We went up and up into the heavens until people were just dots below us. As we hung right at the top--the twinkling electric lights below mingling with the stars--Father said something I will never forget. He said, 'See here, Queenie. Look around. You've got the whole world at your feet, lass.”
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